Ivanon Angelino Coffie (born 16 May 1977 in
Curaçao
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Curaçao includ ...
,
Netherlands Antilles
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) is a Dutch
baseball
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player.
He made his major league debut in 2000 with the
Baltimore Orioles
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. He appeared in 23 games.
Coffie represented the
Netherlands
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at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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where he and his team finished in sixth place.
In 2008, Coffie signed with the
Lancaster Barnstormers
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of the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
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.
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1977 births
Living people
Almere'90 players
Baltimore Orioles players
Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Bowie Baysox players
Delmarva Shorebirds players
DOOR Neptunus players
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Italy
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in the United States
Dutch people of Curaçao descent
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks players
Frederick Keys players
Grosseto Baseball Club players
Gulf Coast Orioles players
Iowa Cubs players
Lancaster Barnstormers players
Major League Baseball players from Curaçao
Memphis Redbirds players
Navegantes del Magallanes players
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Olympic baseball players for the Netherlands
Dutch baseball players
Baseball players from Willemstad
Rochester Red Wings players
Round Rock Express players
Rimini Baseball Club players
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
Dmedia T-REX players
Macoto Cobras players
2003 Baseball World Cup players
2005 European Baseball Championship players
2005 Baseball World Cup players
2006 World Baseball Classic players
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